On the outside, Japan may seem to be a peaceful and modern country which accepts foreigners to visit with whole heart, however, there is still a bit of a dark side to that as racism and xenophobia are still rampant in the country.

The anti-immigrant and anti-ethnic Korean demonstrations of Zaitokukai (short for Zainichi Tokken o Yurusanai Shimin no Kai - Association of Citizens against the Special Privileges of the Zainichi) have raised debates about hate speech and Japanes...

DLCs added for PS Vita game shipping June 25 in Japan This year's June 4 issue of Famitsu Magazine will announce on Thursday that Margaret and Teddy (Kuma) will join the upcoming PlayStation Vita rhythm game Persona 4 Dancing All Night.

The official website for Robot Girls Z Plus, the upcoming sequel of the nine-episode series Robot Girls Z in 2014, has announced two additional voice cast, Minami Takahashi as Bong and Manami Maeda as Gurangen, with rough designs of the characters.

If you're gonna slay a dragon, you might as well do it in style. May we suggest these crazily cool-looking cutting knives that only need to be sharpened every 25 years? You read that right: These knives will keep their edge for an astonishing 25 y...

This week's issue of Famitsu magazine will reveal a new Super Robot Taisen game for the Nintendo 3DS, the publication's website teases. The reveal will consist of six pages of coverage on the new title, including an interview with the game's produ...

The updated Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi has plenty of bonus outfits planned already, and there's another new batch that might be the oddest mix yet. Famitsu went up with a new preview of Sumeragi this week, and one of the new reveals tosses some Re...

Here are the Kamen Rider song portion from the Kamen Rider x Super Sentai LIVE & SHOW 2015 event. The groups featured in these portions are Rider Chips, Mitsuru Matsuoka EARNEST DRIVE, and of course, Gaku Sano and Yutaka Kobayashi.

Volume six of Mimana Orimoto's school girl motorcycle manga Bakuon! ! is announcing plans to adapt the series into anime. The 2011 ongoing runs in seinen magazine Young Champion Retsu. The engine-noise named series follows a girl struggling to ped...

According to Otakomu, the Muv-Luv Alternative spin-off light novel series by Kouki Yoshimune (author), Hiroki Uchida (author), and Carnelian (illustrator), entitled 'Schwarzesmarken', has been green-lit for production.

This week, the official TOHO Animation YouTube channel revealed a video previewing the anime adaptation of Takemaru Inui's popular Monster Musume manga. The video contains clips of the anime and previews the opening theme song, "Top Speed Fall in ...

The Twitter account for manga creator Kôji Kumeta's Kodansha editing staff confirmed on Monday that Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine will publish a new Joshiraku manga one-shot on July 9. The account and Comic Natalie website also notes that the Joshiraku...

Nintendo recently announced plans to resurrect the Nintendo World Championships last seen 25 years ago in 1990. Now we have a few more details on the qualifying events, which will be held at eight Best Buy locations across the country on May 30.

Arahi's Ohno Satoshi will be holding his second art exhibition "FREESTYLE II" in Tokyo, Omotesando Space O. The exhibit will be held on July 24 - August 23. This comes 7 years after his first art exhibition "FREESTLYE", which was held in 2008.

Japanese band Good Morning America, who performed Dragon Ball Z Kai (Buu Edition) ending "Dear Zarathustra" will be returning for "Hello Hello Hello" on this summer's new Dragon Ball Super TV anime. They're joined by The Yellow Monkey vocalist Kaz...

If you're into Attack on Titan and spending lots of money, these statues might be for you. But you'll need more than deep pockets to buy one. [Photo: Natalie] In Japan, 7-Eleven is offering limited edition statues of Attack on Titan's Levi Ackerma...

Muv-Luv's expansive light novel spin-off, Schwarzesmarken, has revealed to have an anime adaptation in progress in the latest issue of Tech Giant magazine, big news for fans of the Muv-Luv series. Schwarzesmarken is well-regarded in the Muv-Luv un...

If you're reading this and were born after 1995, we strongly encourage you to make sure your diaper is firmly in place. What's that? You say you outgrew diapers long ago? You might want to double-check anyway, because right now we're not so sure w...

'Einstein Septych' by Mr. Brainwash TOKYO (TR) - Ben Mori is an artist who loves animals. "There is nothing more pure and honest than animals and nature," says the 34-year-old, attired in a white-shirt and glasses, from inside the Satelites Art La...

Capcom have shared a new trailer for Street Fighter V, revealing that M. Bison will be returning as a playable character in the upcoming fighter. (Thanks, IGN) Bison's punch normals now appear to give off his purple psycho energy.

In celebration of . hack//G. U. 's 10th anniversary, CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama shared a series of tweets looking back at the series, and also a message for fans that wish to see a new . hack game.

When you spend the majority of your time headbanging you're bound to work up an appetite. Luckily Chef John Hurkes, from Minneapolis' The Bulldog Northeast, has cooked up some ingenious metal-inspired recipes.

Hello everyone, Kahotan here! (@gsc_kahotan) I had a rather busy and active weekend for the first time in ages. I guess it's not such a bad thing to go outside and absorb some sunlight once in awhile. .

Sentai Filmworks Launches Sentai Selects Anime Line Posted by Chris Beveridge May 18, 2015 at 04:27 PM After the first hints of this surfaced earlier in the month, Sentai Filmworks is now talking about their new line of products that will fall und...

Idea Factory have released battle screenshots from Hyperdimension Neptunia­ Re;Birth 3: V Generation, which is slated for release on PC and PlayStation Vita this year in the West. In Re;Birth 3, attack combinations can be customized with up to fiv...

Tweet Pin It A year and half after the release of their second full-length album Date Course, Lyrical School return with their third album SPOT. The album features production from tofubeats and Kenichiro Nishihara as well as songs written by ALI-K...

"Crybaby Saxophone" 'なきむしサクソフォン' (Naki Mushi Sakusofon) Hyouka Vibes: It should be no surprise to learn that this gloomy, dramatic episode was produced by the staff of Hyouka. This whole episode was lacking in the colour and vibrance we've come to...